Me too. It all started about a month ago when I decided to try Criag's dense seeding method to sprout up some broccoli and cauliflower plants for a late-fall/winter/spring season run. I borrowed one of the million spare T12 desk Fluorescent fixtures from work after the seeds germinated. It didn't take long to realize how useless that was going to be. (Actually, I'm still dealing with it; long, stretchy Brassica!). Well, I obsessed a while about what grow light to buy, and ended up going way overkill on this Penetrator 168X light (
http://www.hydrogrowled.com/%2FPenet...Light-P94.aspx). It's supposed to cover a 2x5 area, which seemed sufficient for my side-of-kitchen needs. Since that overindulgence, I've purchased a sturdy 2x4x7-foot metal-wire rack (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MS6QNO), 2mm mylar reflective sheet (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VFW3QS), caster wheels (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MS6QQG), and a lot more. I plan to try my hand at growing the New Dwarf project plants from 2011 -- Mr. Snow, Rosella Purple, Summertime Green/Yellow, Beryl... Trading for all those wasn't easy.
I still need to work out my grow media/container solution, but I'm thinking of trying Raybo's setup, as he's described here (thoughts):
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=16454
I'll probably start by first transplanting to these (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017YB6TW) 6" pots before moving over to the final Tainers.
BTW, other threads I found helpful for informing on this venture are:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=16695
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=16274
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=5188
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=13240
I hope folks contribute to this particular thread. I'm sure there are a lot of us trying something like this through the cold months to keep our idle hands occupied.
--naysen